I see the night sky as a jewellery store window and my mind is half a brick

Well I'm packing my suitcase and heading south for the @Media 2006 conference. I think I've been in a state of anticipation since last year. It was a lot to live up to but Patrick and the team have done it again, there's an incredible line up with something for everyone. If I had to pick anyone out I'd have to say I'm specifically looking forward to finally seeing Jeffrey Veen, who I've listened to on many a podcast and followed many a post.

Euan Semple's talk at LIFT06 (Life, Ideas, Future Together) conference about new technologies and people has been published by Freestudios.tv on the Audio/Video page. He's in good company along with Bruce Sterling, Cory Doctorow, Matt Jones and Robert Scoble.

Finally put aside some time to start listening to the podcasts of the WE05 conference.The combination of listening to the podcasts and viewing the slides is potentially the next best thing to being there. I suppose the next advancement is getting the slides to sync with the delivery. Then there should be links to related content and easy access to the discussion and feedback from the blogsphere.